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A Hijacking is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Tobias Lindholm released in USA on 4 august 2012 with Søren Malling
A Hijacking (2012)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 august 2012
Length 1h39
Directed by Tobias Lindholm
OriginDanemark
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Psychologie, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about hijackings
Rating70%
A Hijacking (Danish: Kapringen) is a 2012 Danish thriller film written and directed by Tobias Lindholm about a ship hijacking. Johan Philip Asbæk and Søren Malling star as a cook taken hostage and the CEO that attempts to negotiate for his release, respectively. It premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Synopsis
Mikkel Hartmann, the cook on board the Danish merchant ship "Rosen", is anxious to return to his wife and child in Denmark. Jan Sørensen, the ship's engineer, asks him to bring a letter home to his family. Back in Denmark, shipping company representative Lars Vestergaard, unable to close a difficult deal, requests help from CEO Peter Ludvigsen, who talks a group of Japanese businessmen down from an adamant offer. Ludvigsen suddenly learns that pirates in the Indian Ocean have hijacked the "Rosen". On the ship, the crew is separated into two groups, and Hartmann is forced at gunpoint to cook a meal. Automatic gunfire punctuates the night, frightening the hostages and keeping the atmosphere tense.Actors
Søren Malling
(Peter C. Ludvigsen)
Pilou Asbæk
(Mikkel Hartmann)
Dar Salim
(Lars Vestergaard)
Roland Møller
(Jan Sørensen)
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